JIN/MING DYNASTY (1115-1644)

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THREE JADE FINIALS
JIN/MING DYNASTY (1115-1644)
One is opaque and of mottled grey color, and carved as a mandarin duck grasping a lotus stem in its beak while seated on a quadrilobed base inscribed on the concave underside with a three-character maker's mark, Yi Weng zhi (made by Yi Weng). One is of white and pale brown color and is carved with egrets standing amidst lotus stems on an oval base. The smallest is of greyish-white and brown color, and carved as a mandarin duck standing amidst the scrolling stems of lotus, flowers and saggitaria on a convex, quadrilobed base pierced for attachment.
4 1/8, 1¾ and 1 3/8 in. (5.5. 4.5, 3.5 cm.) (3)

Provenance

Inscribed finial: Paul and Helen Bernat Collection. E & J Frankel, Ltd., New York, late 1980s.

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Lot Essay

The finial carved with egrets is similar in motif and execution to one in the Qing Court collection, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 41 - Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 112, no. 97, where it is attributed to Liao or Jin dynasty.

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